GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
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cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
ravenous | rapacious |
crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
compress | to press or squeeze together |
inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |